...Lord. We have David's example, and Paul's word, to encourage us to this : says David, " The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of...the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine/' 1 Sam. xvii. 37. And says Paul, " We have the sentence of dealh in ourselves,...

...us," should encourage our hearts to run with patience the remainder of " the race set before us." " The " Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the " lion, and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver " me out of the hand of this Philistine."1 He, that hath preserved and assisted us in...

...has been pleased to visit and comfort me . — As David said to Saul, that God who had delivered him out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, would deliver him from that uncircumcized Philettine, Goliah of Gath; so may I now say, that God who...

...in days of distress. From providences past, saints argue fresh and new ones to come. Thus David, " The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion,...will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine," 1 Sam. xvii. 37. Thus Paul, "Who hath delivered us, in whom we trust, that he will yet deliver us,"...

...uncircumcised Philistine, who hath dared to curse the army of the living God? 37 And David said: The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of...of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of tliis Philistine. And Saul raid to David: Go; and the Lord be with thee. 38 And Saul clothed David...

...the rapt delight — the soul's deep trance — Grief wrings the heart, and passion fires the glance, of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." 1 Sam. xvii. 37. And ever from the writhing lip, the wrath Of fierce and struggling spirits flashes...

...uSj" should encourage our hearts to run with patience the remainder of " the race set before us." " The " Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the " lion, and out of the paw of the bear, will deliver " me out of the hand of this Philistine."1 He, that hath preserved and assisted us in...

...armies of the living God. David said moreover. The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the Ноя, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said, Go, and the LORD be with thee, 1 Sam. xvii. 34 — 37. When the wicked, em mine enemies...

...afflict mankind. The peculiar form of his anterior feet, was remarked by David in his address to Saul : " The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw, or hand, of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine." The original term, it...

...been pleased to visit aud comfort me. — As Datid said to Saul, that God who hud delivered him ont of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, would deliver him from that uncircumcized Fhilestine, Goliah of Gath ; so may J now «ay, that God...